The Miami Heat defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 106-95 on Friday night.
In addition to four players getting ejected from the outing for various scuffles, the other unfortunate thing to come out of this particular game was an ugly sequence involving Duncan Robinson.
The play largely speaks for itself:
Dangerous play by Duncan Robinson tripping Herb Jones here pic.twitter.com/Exh8URkaQ1
— retroPels (@retro_pels) February 24, 2024
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— Game 7 (@game7__) February 23, 2024
As do the subsequent reactions from NBA fans:
To all pelicans fans: The heat are the dirtiest team in the NBA they’ve injured Julius two years in a row
— Knicks4lyfe (@Knicks4lyfe1) February 24, 2024
Dirty play ! Jaylen brown was right about him and the heat players
— Instagram: Brandon.lemont (@lemontttttt) February 24, 2024
He weird for that
— CHØZEN 🧸 (@Cody_on_timing) February 24, 2024
Is anyone actually surprised a Heat player is doing that, not me!
— Homer J. Sportson (@homerjsportson) February 24, 2024
How does this look in real time? Not saying it wasn’t deliberate but slow motion often skews our perceptions of events.
— Bezzy (@BezzyMagic) February 24, 2024
This is why none of his teammates had his back when Jaylen pulled his arm.
— Alexander Scheier (@Alexand57578265) February 24, 2024
This is kind of dirty and clearly intentional, wondering if he’s a dirty player who’s now being discovered.
— Ruff (@RuffledSports0) February 24, 2024
In a busy NBA week that has already seen Anthony Edwards make a surprising GOAT pick and Jordan Poole throw a tantrum over getting benched, this incident will likely be forgotten.
That said, it will be interesting to see if the league opts to intervene.
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— Game 7 (@game7__) February 24, 2024
The video of what Robinson did didn’t leave much to interpretation.
Will Robinson ultimately get suspended when everything is said and done? Time will tell.
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A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.
